EPO and swpatents

[Roland Orre <orre@nada.kth.se>]

What is the real motivation that EPO has illegally been providing
software patents despite its rule about software as such not being
patentable?

My own patent EP0520400 (publ: 92-12-30) is a proof about this. This is
only about analysing signals and storing a parametrized representation
of certain disturbances in a knowledge database. Hardly something
that have a "technical effect".

It surprises me because, as I understand, most countries in Europe are
against software patents. EPO should also be a public service organ and
should as such also follow the law. (maybe the law part is the problem)

Is my view upon patents in general within Europe correct?
In my country you can't patent pure engineering designs as
e.g. electronic circuit diagrams either, but I assume that also here
EPO may lean more towards the policy of the US system of some reason.

I have the impression that EPO is not so much based upon ideology and
public service, instead it is more business oriented, easily controlled
by greedy lawyers that see the treatment (i.e. money tweaking) of the
customer as their main goal, not to have a sane patent/copyright system
working.
Does anyone share my opinion, and in that case, what to do about it?

I guess that also the separate EU countries for long can preserve their
patent and copyright policies despite what decision failures which are done
at the EU level?

I intend to have a chat with a representant for our patent office here
again soon, to hear their view upon these problem and their view about
what can be done about it.

        Best regards
        Roland